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International Rankings of Ghana - 2021


SOURCE: 2021 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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This table lists the international rankings of Ghana, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Ghana, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data Rank Value Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 147 1.00 2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 134 58518 N/A
Internet users - percent of population 150 39.00 % 2018
Internet users - total 50 10.960 million N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 184 1.00 2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 110 288531 N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 56 132.15 2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 39 40.857 million N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures 86 12.360 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 91 9.544 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 83 6.00 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 157 2.131 billion US Dollars 2017
Debt - external 94 20.467 billion US Dollars 2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score 87 54 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score 91 60 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score 69 85 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score 125 55 2020
Exports 88 13.840 billion US Dollars 2017
GDP (official exchange rate) 78 65.363 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 75 43.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 123 8.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 38 80.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 95 46.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 121 13.70 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 44 1.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 49 18.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 91 24.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 109 57.20 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 32 44 % 2016
Gross national saving 79 21 2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 41 32.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2006
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 31 2.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population N/A
Imports 97 12.650 billion US Dollars 2017
Industrial production growth rate 2 16.70 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 24 8.40 % 2019
Labor force 46 12.490 million US Dollars 2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 35 45 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 93 14 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services 122 41 % 2013
Population below poverty line 72 23 % 2016
Public debt 42 71.80 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 74 164.640 billion US Dollars 2019
Real GDP growth rate 6 8.40 % 2017
Real GDP per capita 162 5413 US Dollars 2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 81 7.555 billion US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 119 20.30 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 45 11.90 % 2015
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy 96 13.670 million 2017
Crude oil - exports 34 104000 2017
Crude oil - imports 74 6220 2015
Crude oil - production 38 173000 2018
Crude oil - proved reserves 38 660.000 million 2018
Electricity - consumption 100 9.363 billion kWh 2016
Electricity - exports 75 187.000 million kWh 2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels 40 58 2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants 32 42 2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources 40 1 2017
Electricity - imports 78 511.000 million kWh 2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity 93 3.801 million kWh 2016
Electricity - production 94 12.520 billion 2016
Natural gas - consumption 84 1.232 billion cubic meters 2017
Natural gas - imports 67 317.400 million cubic meters 2017
Natural gas - production 65 914.400 million cubic meters 2017
Natural gas - proved reserves 68 22.650 billion 2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption 83 90000 2016
Refined petroleum products - exports 100 2654 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 60 85110 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 104 2073 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 87 17 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 60 23 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 50 32 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 24 69 2018
Land use - arable land 47 21 2018
Land use - forest 118 21 2018
Land use - other 158 10 2018
Land use - permanent crops 22 12 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 37 37 2018
Revenue from forest resources 20 4 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 86 56.200 billion 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 89 1.070 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 104 95.000 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 97 299.600 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 39 3.06 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 103 58 2021
Geography
Area - land 83 227533 sq km N/A
Area - total 82 238533 sq km N/A
Area - water 42 11000 sq km N/A
Coastline 99 539 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 134 885 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 122 190 meters N/A
Irrigated land 113 340 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 78 2420 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 24 69 2018
Land use - arable land 47 21 2018
Land use - forest 118 21 2018
Land use - other 158 10 2018
Land use - permanent crops 22 12 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 37 37 2018
Total renewable water resources 85 56.200 billion 2017
Population Density 79 142.28 Persons per sq km N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 60 18.64 N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years 166 34.27 N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years 159 5.21 N/A
Birth rate 30 29.08 births/1,000 population 2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate 103 27.20 % 1718
Current Health Expenditure 74 4 % of GDP 2018
Death rate 127 6.30 deaths/1,000 population 2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 119 5.30 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 35 17.10 % 2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 48 67.40 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 46 62.20 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 24 97 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 48 19 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 51 10 % of population 2017
Drinking water source - unimproved 46 3 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 39 4 % of GDP 2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 22 1.70 2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths 13 13000 2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 18 350000 2020
Hospital bed density 60 0.90 beds/1,000 population 2011
Infant mortality rate - female 48 29.70 deaths/1,000 live births 2021
Infant mortality rate - male 50 36.86 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 50 33.33 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 152 71 years 2021
Life expectancy at birth - male 149 67 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 151 69 years N/A
Maternal mortality rate 32 308.00 2017
Median age - female 134 22 years 2020
Median age - male 125 21 years N/A
Median age - total 125 21 years N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth 66 21 2014
Net migration rate 81 0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 101 10.90 % 2016
Physicians density 144 0.14 physicians/1,000 population 2017
Population 43 32.373 million 2021
Population growth rate 30 2.26 % 2021
Sanitation facility access - improved 69 84 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 41 51 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 41 31 % of population 2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 37 16 % of population N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 10 12 years 2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 9 12 years N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 10 12 years N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 14 1.01 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 25 0.99 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 31 0.94 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 27 0.95 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 26 0.85 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 11 1.03 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 20 0.97 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 28 3.71 children born/woman 2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female 109 9 2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male 96 9 N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total 107 9 N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 39 3.06 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 103 58 2021
Transportation
Airports 112 10 2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 41 3 2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 38 1 2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 42 2 2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 26 1 2017
Airports - with paved runways - total 71 7 2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 55 3 2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 93 3 2013
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 116 467438 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 81 21.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 25 3 2020
Railways - total 81 947 km 2014
Roadways - paved 63 13787 km 2009
Roadways - total 37 109515 km 2009
Waterways 50 1293 km 1125

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Ghana on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ghana 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ghana 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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